Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1887-11-18
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last week. They were loud in
their expressions of sympathy with
the anarchists. They slept in Il
room which was occupied by other
boarders, whose clothing they
appropriated. One of them went
down stairs to breakfast dressed in
a complete suit of one of the regu.
lar boarders, and paid his bill out
of the money found in the pockets
So bold were they, that the land
lord paid no attention to their
. thing, and the theft was not dis.
covered till their cast off clothing
was found in the room occupied
by them during the night.
Not long ago the western rail-
road companies sent out circulars
announcing that Los Angeles,
California, offered special induce
ments to laboring men, especially
mechanics, in response to which
thousands journeyed in that
direction. The result is that
starvation is staring them in the
face, as is evinced from the follow
ing circular warming sent out by
the brotherhood of carpenters:
"Already the damnable plot is
bearing IFS bitter fruit. A stream
of mechanics and laborers have
poured into the city whose ranks
are eail. being swelled by fresh
accessions. Having expended their
last dollar for railroad fare, they
rush around from one job to
another, offering to work for
anything they can get. The scenic
grandeur fails to impress them,
and they find our glorious climate
a rather thin diet to subsist on. =
Monroe News.
Last Thursday modest looking
young man called at the house Of
Mrs Susan Page, and engaged
board for himself and a partner
that was coming that night. He
borrowed needle and thread to
mend his clothes as an excuse to
go up stairs, and though remaining
only short time he took S35
from John Pages trunk and went
to the river and hired Claud Van
to take him over to Illinois. Then
he paid man 81 to take hin to
the nearest railroad station, and
went to Quincy that night. Mr.
Page telegraphed the Quincy
police full description, and he
was not in Quincy very long before
they had him in the cooler.
Constable Settle went down the
next day and brought him up. He
waved an examination before
Justice James and was taken to
Monticello. He gave his name as
Frank Quilton, and when arrested
there was found in his pockets s25
In cash, five collar buttons, two
cuff buttons, two knives, one comb,
one watch chain, fifteen keys, a K.
of L. pin and a 500 Mo. defense
bond. Canton Press.
Last Sunday evening Ansel
} Jackson was out riding with Miss
Eva Kendall, a daughter of Harri-
son Kendall, living southeast of
town: On the west side of the
public square the team became
badly frightened for some cause !
and started to run away. A sudden
lunge of one of the horses broke a
single tree and let the buggy |
tongue drop. 1t was soon broken
by one of the horses stepping on |
It, and in a short time the end |
caught and tipped the buggy over, |
the occupants out. Jack |
son was not hurt much, but Miss {
Kendall did not fare SO well. She |
vas bruised under the chin, cut
about the ear, and badly shaken
Up. She was taken in charge and
physician summoned, and is
low doing as nicely as could be
expected. The team ran into Mrs.
Joleman's yard fence and stopped,
without doing further damages
Memphis Reveille.